Thursday, December 17, 2015

Hoseah sacked for ‘inefficiency’

PRESIDENT John Magufuli has revoked the appointment
of the Director General of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau
(PCCB), Dr Edward Hoseah, replacing him with his deputy, Mr Valentino Mlowola,
in an acting capacity. Dr Magufuli’s move follows what has been stated as
“unsatisfactory performance of the PCCB in tackling corruption cases’’,
especially in preventing loss of government revenue at the Tanzania Ports
Authority (TPA). In a statement issued to the media on Wednesday this week in Dar
es Salaam, the Chief Secretary, Ambassador Ombeni Sefue, said President
Magufuli made the decision after satisfying himself that “under Dr Hoseah, PCCB
will not keep up the pace that the president wants in fighting graft’’. “One of
the areas where the government is losing a lot of money is at the TPA and TRA;
so the president has stressed that despite reports of corruption at the two
operational offices for a long time, PCCB’s slow speed in addressing the issue
will not keep up with his work pace,’’ Ambassador Sefue noted.

Former Director General of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau
(PCCB), Dr Edward Hoseah,

Meanwhile,
President Magufuli has directed the suspension of four principal officers with
the PCCB who travelled out of the country despite the president’s ban on
foreign travel by government employees. The four are Ms Mary Mosha, Ms Ekwabi
Mujungu, Ms Doreen Kapwani and Ms Rukia Nikitas who travelled outside the
country despite being denied permission from the president or chief secretary. Ambassador
Sefue has called on all civil servants to abide by the president’s directive,
stressing that stern measures will be taken against those who will defy them. Meanwhile,
the Permanent Secretary in the President’s Office, Regional Administration and
Local Government, Mr Jumanne Sagini, has suspended the Babati District
Executive Director, Mr Mussa Natty, who before being transferred to Babati was
the Kinondoni Municipal Council Director. Mr Sagini said Mr Natty should report
back to Kinondoni Municipal Council to await a probe on the various allegations
leveled against him. The allegations include poor supervision that led to the
construction of sub-standard roads in the municipality, failure to take action
against his subordinates involved in the construction of the roads. Others
include unethical behaviour that has led to widespread public outcry on the
privatization of the Coco Beach in Dar es Salaam arising out of poor
supervision of urban and land use planning.

AWARD 1

I won the second prize in policy category of the African Information society Initiative ( AISI) awards 2004 which is annually organized by the United Nations- Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA) based in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. On the first photo above standing with other awardees after the Ceremony at the National Settlers monument in Grahamstown, South Africa.This was during the 8th Highway Africa Conference.The second photo shows the cross section of Jounalists from different African countries who attended the ceremony.

AWARD 2

I also won the AISI-GKP/SDC Media Award special reporting on WSIS process and Africa, and conferred with the award in Tunis, Tunisia during WSIS summit in 2005. See the photo above.

AWARD 3

Winner on the Media Competition on writing about " Stigma denial and Discrimination" associated with HIV/AIDS. This was organized by theAssociation of Journalists Against Aids in Tanzania ( AJAAT). On the Photo above President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania, ( then the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) was the guest of honour during the award giving ceremony.This was at Maelezo auditorium in Dar-es-Salaam September 2005.

AWARD 4

Winner on the Media Competition on writing about "Vulnerable Children" associated with HIV/AIDS This was organized by the Association of Journalists Against Aids in Tanzania ( AJAAT)

AWARD 5

Winner of the National ICT Media Award organized By SWOPNET in the Country. On the photo above Morogoro Regional Commissioner, Brigadier General ( Rt) Saidi Kalembo was the guest of honour during the award giving ceremony which was held at New Sarvoy Hotel in morogoro town.I was awarded a Mobile phone and a tape-recorder.

AWARD 6

I participated in the Media Competition in writing about VCT (Voluntary Counseling and Testing) in Tanzania which was held between July 15th and October 30th 2008 whereby I emerged among the top five winners. The competition was under the program known as “Tanzania bila Ukwimwi inawezekana” which literally means, Tanzania without AIDS disease transmission is possible”. This is a program which was organizedby the Association of Journalists Against AIDS in Tanzania (AJAAT) under TACAIDS funding. In the photo, I am being presented with a certificate of participation by the Chairman of the Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) Dr. Fatma Mrisho in a colorful ceremony which was held on 22nd December 2008 at Tanzania Information Centre in Dar es Salaam.

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AWARD 9

I was among the top 17 best selected students who excelled in their final examinations of the 2010/2011 academic year and awarded with the Vice-Chancellor’s prize. I scored 4.5 GPA (First Class) in BA in Journalism. Above I am being given a certificate by the Chairman of the Open University of Tanzania Board of Senate. Standing at the centre facing camera is the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Tolly Mbwette. Extreme left partly hidden is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Elifas Bisanda. This occasion took place during the convocation meeting, a day before the graduation day at the prospective permanent headquarter of the Open University of Tanzania which is currently under construction at Bungo-Kibaha in Coast region 40 kilometers away west of Dar es Salaam city.